From 1520 Sedgwick Avenue to Haffen Park, the pioneering DJ and founder of the Universal Hip Hop Museum shares where to go to see hip-hop's roots. On 11 August 1973, more than 300 New York City teenagers flocked to the West Bronx, packing the rec room of the apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue for what was billed – on handwritten index cards – as "A DJ Kool Herc Party – Back to School Jam". As the crowd poured in, Kool Herc (real name: Clive Campbell) took to his turntables to incite a sonic and cultural movement that had been brewing for decades.

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